Pelicans in Nuerland

58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.380.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )

Condition:

slight acid stain right hand side [EE 2/87]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.VIII.66

Previous Other Number:

02 4

Accession Number:

1998.355.380.2

Description:

A distant view of two pelicans sitting in a tree with the roof of a homestead hut visible to the right. Birdlife was an interest to Evans-Pritchard throughout his life.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1936 October - November

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Wahda

Group:

Nuer Western Jikany

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Fauna , Settlement , Topography

Keyword:

Animal Bird

Documentation:

Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]

Primary Documentation:

Accession Book Entry [p. 98] 1966.27 [1 - 24] G[ift] PROFESSOR E. E. EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST. OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD. OXFORD 1966.27.1-16 S. SUDAN. NUER TRIBE. Sixteen negative albums containing negatives and prints of photographs taken by donor during field-work. All listed in albums. Added Accession Book Entry - [p. 98 in right hand column, in pencil] Catalogue room.

Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book VIII, ms ink] - 66. birds on tree

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "02 4 W. Jik." & print front border ms ink - "NUER VIII/66"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [13/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]